Huijbergen / Huibergen
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!["I found the Huijbergen font back in the chapel of the cloister of the Brothers of Huijbergen, also called the Wilhelmite Order (Congregatio Fratrum Huijbergensis) on Boomstraat 7, Huijbergen, Netherlands, 4635 C. Maybe the font is 17th century, contrary to literature that states 16th." [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/permission_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: "I found the Huijbergen font back in the chapel of the cloister of the Brothers of Huijbergen, also called the Wilhelmite Order (Congregatio Fratrum Huijbergensis) on Boomstraat 7, Huijbergen, Netherlands, 4635 C. Maybe the font is 17th century, contrary to literature that states 16th." [cf. FontNotes]
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 23733HUI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 17th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Rooms Katholieke Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Hemelvaartkerk [destroyed]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: original church probably ca, 1270; re-built and consecrated 1646; re-built 1916; destroyed in 1944, WWII; new church built 1952
Church Address: Boomstraat 1, 4635 CX Huibergen, Netherlands -- Tel.: +31 164 642 650
Site Location: Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N125, in the municipality of Woensdrecht, 9-10 km SE of Bergen op Zoom, 25 km N of Antwerp
Ecclesiastic Region: Bisdom Breda
Additional Comments: missing font? / restored font [cf. FontNotes] -- disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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The Voorloopige lijst der Nederlandsche monumenten van geschiedenis en kunst. Deel X. De provincie Noord-Brabant, Algemeene Landsdrukkerij, Den Haag / A. Oosthoek, Utrecht 1931 reported an octagonal bluestone baptismal font of the 15th century with a copper cover of the 18th century in this church. The church was destroyed during the 1944 'liberation bombing'.
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 3 February 2022) noted that he could not find a trace of the font of the destroyed church of Huijbergen.
A further communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 1 September 2023) informs: "I found the Huijbergen font back in the chapel of the cloister of the Brothers of Huijbergen, also called the Wilhelmite Order (Congregatio Fratrum Huijbergensis) on Boomstraat 7, Huijbergen, Netherlands, 4635 C. Maybe the font is 17th century, contrary to literature that states 16th."
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 3 February 2022) noted that he could not find a trace of the font of the destroyed church of Huijbergen.
A further communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 1 September 2023) informs: "I found the Huijbergen font back in the chapel of the cloister of the Brothers of Huijbergen, also called the Wilhelmite Order (Congregatio Fratrum Huijbergensis) on Boomstraat 7, Huijbergen, Netherlands, 4635 C. Maybe the font is 17th century, contrary to literature that states 16th."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 595543 5698818
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 18th century?
Material: metal, copper
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]